Daily Republican., 1887-09-05
Ths CITY Dog Catcher.

Will the City Council get . better
deg os,char than O. Brooks Foster stser
he mas ssen iesislAted out Of Cffiot? II
stands % Q tact 10 his favor that be hAs
cAuzas md killed more unit eytstered
dogs than any other dog catoher the
city ever had, and he has TUNED more
money over into the city treasury than
any OF his predecessors. Is this not
what the people want and the city
wants? Bu, somebody says he catches
dogs shs, ars registered, takes of the
collar aud register and kills them. This
may have happened, but certAinly not
in many Instances. There are many
reports o, that kind, but they won't
stand Investigation. While there are
90 many dogs running loose not regis.
tered 10 be caught 1t does not look reA-
souabls that m off ,isl would jeopardizs
his position by doing a agrant acts which
would make him liable to punish uent.
It IL said also that he brings iu loads OF
dogs from the country and kills them
and the city has to pay for them. Does
anybody believe this has been done 10
any g,sas extent? We have never heard
that ths country people made any com
plant, and therefore We must conclude
that much of this complaint sgainst
Foster exlsts only In the Imagination.
A ample OF the complaints against
him Is this one, thai there WAS . dead
dog in Mr.. Fsgan's livery Stable yard,
that 1t Was pointed ont to Foster, that
he put bullet through 1t. took 1t away
and charged the oity . dollar. Investi.
gAte3, there was nothing In 1t, aud even
the dead dog WAS . myth. Had 1t ever
been true where va. Mr.. Kslley, the
bsiliff Of the City OJuncil, who was
appointed specially to watch Foster and
certify to oil the dogs he killed? The
City Council paid for no dogs killed
shat did not bear the bailiff 3 certif-
cation. Another SAM pie report against
y 's!er 10 that he had thirty dogs to
Aill, sui ha proposed to Mr.. Kelley, the
btiliff: "Lss us call 1t forty and there
isaV in 1t Ter you" Investig gated, II
turns out that Foster did make this
tgnominious otfsr, but In jsst in the
preserve Of = member OF the City
Council and several other gentlemen In
the city clerks eff ,e. eyes" bat says
some ons, 1889 how he served tbs.
colored man in . proposed horse trade,
and for which he now stands bound
over for Court" Very we'll, but do not
forge: that the colored man made nc
complaint against Foster until several
weeks after the alleged offense was
conm,;sed, aud never would have done
30 haG he no; been instigsted to do IL
We think 1t quite likely that Foster
has made some mistakes, indeed 4
would hs very hard to perform his do
ties without making them, bus whel
he makes one, aud when even only -
cused Of making one, he has hundred
OF enemies ready to hunt him down ant
co bring HIN Into worse repu.e. w,
are no special spologts. for his short
cominss and his trAussressions OF Law,
bat We do cay that in such o business
many allowances should be made. Hii
10 An tfii, 20 thai would not suit every
body TO fill, and therefore perfection oi
the christian graces could hardly bs ex
p .ote1 from hin; ard he City Coanoil
II 1t assumes control of the business
may h~ve to wait long before 1t flndl
another dog catcher as eff ,iens as @
Books Foster